Senior Real-Time Rendering Tech Artist

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Cutting-edge projects

Advanced hardware

Professional growth

Collaborative culture

Retirement plan

Wellness program

Project completion bonuses

Job summary

Placements24 invites applications for a Senior Technical Artist role based in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. The role focuses on bridging art and engineering to optimize real-time visuals and performance.

You will develop shaders, refine rendering pipelines, and build tools for the art team. You will collaborate with artists and engineers across Unreal Engine or Unity, profiling and optimizing scenes for multiple platforms while advancing real-time graphics capabilities within a forward-thinking

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as Technical Artist focused on real-time rendering.
• Proficient in shader languages and material editors.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or Unity in production pipelines.
• Strong scripting ability in Python, C#, or C++.
• Solid 3D art fundamentals including lighting and texturing.
• Experience profiling and optimizing real-time performance.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication.
• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality real-time graphics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize high-performance shaders for real-time engines.
• Create and maintain art pipelines, tools, and workflows.
• Collaborate with artists and engineers to solve tech challenges.
• Profile and optimize scenes for target platforms.
• Implement rendering features ensuring visual quality and stability.
• Develop custom tools to automate tasks.
• Provide technical guidance to the art team on best practices.
• Research and implement new real-time rendering techniques.

Skills

Real-time rendering

Shader programming

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

C#

C++

3D art fundamentals

Profiling tools

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Graphics/Design or related field

Tools

Shader Graph

HLSL

GLSL

Python scripting

C# scripting

C++ scripting

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Placements24 invites applications for a Senior Technical Artist role based in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. The role focuses on bridging art and engineering to optimize real-time visuals and performance.

You will develop shaders, refine rendering pipelines, and build tools for the art team. You will collaborate with artists and engineers across Unreal Engine or Unity, profiling and optimizing scenes for multiple platforms while advancing real-time graphics capabilities within a forward-thinking